Motherboard Benchmarks: 3DMark05, 3DMark06

3DMark05
is best suited for the latest generation of DirectX9.0 graphics cards. It is the
first benchmark to require a DirectX9.0 compliant hardware with support for
Pixel Shaders 2.0 or higher! By combining high quality 3D tests, CPU tests,
feature tests, image quality tools, and much more, 3DMark05 is a premium
benchmark for evaluating the latest generation of gaming hardware.

3DMark06
is the worldwide standard in advanced 3D game performance benchmarking. A
fundamental tool for every company in the PC industry as well as PC users and
gamers, 3DMark06 uses advanced real-time 3D game workloads to measure PC
performance using a suite of DirectX 9 3D graphics tests, CPU tests, and 3D
feature tests. 3DMark06 tests include all new HDR/SM3.0 graphics tests, SM2.0
graphics tests, AI and physics driven single and multiple cores or processor CPU
tests and a collection of comprehensive feature tests to reliably measure next
generation gaming performance today.

Futuremark 3DMark06 1.0.2

Overall:

Points

Ranking

ASRock AM2V890-VSTA
(K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+)

4442

Albatron KM51PV-AM2
(GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+)

4450

MSI K9N SLI Platinum
(NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)

4437

Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF
590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)

4446

Foxconn
975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667 PD 840)

4212

MSI P4N Diamond (NF4
SLI 200/800 PD 840)

4437

Biostar TForce P965
Deluxe (P965 200/800 PD 840)

4374

Biostar TForce P965
Deluxe (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)

4494

Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3
(P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)

4488

Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H
(P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)

4462

Gigabyte GA-945GM-S2
(945G 200/667 Core 2 Duo Onboard Video)

202

Gigabyte GA-945GM-S2
(945G 200/667 Core 2 Duo GeForce 7800GTX)

4484

Epox 5P945 Pro
(945P 200/667 Core 2 Duo)

4477

CPU:

Points

Ranking

ASRock AM2V890-VSTA
(K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+)

1960

Albatron KM51PV-AM2
(GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+)

1971

MSI K9N SLI Platinum
(NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)

1936

Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF
590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)

1959

Foxconn
975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667 PD 840)

1685

MSI P4N Diamond (NF4
SLI 200/800 PD 840)

1936

Biostar TForce P965
Deluxe (P965 200/800 PD 840)

1641

Biostar TForce P965
Deluxe (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)

2130

Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3
(P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)

2094

Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H
(P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)

2110

Gigabyte GA-945GM-S2
(945G 200/667 Core 2 Duo Onboard Video)

2058

Gigabyte GA-945GM-S2
(945G 200/667 Core 2 Duo GeForce 7800GTX)

2068

Epox 5P945 Pro
(945P 200/667 Core 2 Duo)

2076

Things are much closer overall here in 3DMark06 and
memory bandwidth plays less of a role. Let's see what happens to real
games....